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The letuce should be stuck to the bread with honey mustard so it doesn't fall off when you turn it upside down to cover the
sandwich. Slice sandwich in half with a knife. Wrap in tightly in plastic wrap. Use too much wrap. Tape on label. Tadaaa!
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Just got a press release from Reid DeWolfe, one of Andy Montroll's campaign volunteers. Following up on what Montroll said last night about his biggest mistake being support for retirement fund changes in 2000, Montroll is now proposing to end the city's pension by attrition. One might ask why it took nine years for Andy to draw up this plan. I'm not asking that, but one might. Press release below the row of stars...

Andy Montroll to Propose Fixes for Retirement FundCouncil Resolution Would Change the Structure of the City Pension Plan

Two years ago the city's retirement fund was thirty million dollars under where it needed to be to meet our obligations. Today the fund is more than sixty million dollars underfunded. Said Montroll, "If $30 million short was a crisis, than $60 + million short is a pending catastrophe. We need to take strong action to prevent the current crisis from destroying the financial stability of the city".

Montroll's resolution would start the process of moving from the current defined-benefit retirement plan, a classic pension, to a defined-contribution plan, similar to a 401k. Switching to a defined-contribution plan would prevent city finances from being adversely affected by the whims of the stock market. Montroll continued, "Burlington's taxpayers should not be responsible for funding a broken system. We have an obligation to our citizens to make sure that their tax dollars are not poured into a bottomless hole".

Minor changes to the management of the investment portfolio have not changed the underlying problems with the structure of the system. Montroll explains, "Mayor Kiss has repeatedly stated that he has fixed the problems with the retirement fund. Band-aids don't fix broken bones, and the minor changes that Bob has implemented do not address the root problem".

Andy's proposed solution would only affect new employees. Existing employees would be able to keep their current retirement benefits, or switch to the new system if they so desire. Montroll elaborated, "We do not want to break our promises and punish our existing employees, many of them have planned their retirement around having a stable pension and we can't disrupt those plans. We will have to renegotiate the contract with the union, but I am confident that we can find a solution that will work for both the city and its employees"."

*Well there definitely is a difference of opinion on this matter. Bob and Andy expressed exactly opposite sentiments to me on this issue Sunday.

*Marissa Caldwell will be a guest on my radio show on 2/14.

*This blog is getting mad traffic today. I've had over 200 visitors today and it's not even 11pm. I don't know about your blog, but that's good for little old me. Especially since most visitors are from Burlington. Cathy Resmer is my friend.

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